"A comprehensive guide for authors – especially students and budding scholars – designed to facilitate communication and understanding between authors and editors at CODESRIA, covering aspects of presentation and organization of manuscripts, notes and reference systems, tables and illustrations,
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obtaining permissions to reproduce material, preparing text on disk, dealing with copy editing queries and proofs, preparing an index, and more. While principally designed for CODESRIA authors, it will be useful for any author preparing a manuscript for publication." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2454)
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"A revised and updated edition of the popular How to Get Published in South Africa (1996), dealing with all the steps involved in finding the right publisher and breaking into print. The focus is on non-fiction, although there is much practical advice here for writers of all genres." (Hans M. Zell,
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Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2517)
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"Describes the programmes, activities, and modus operandi of the Community Publishing Project (CPP) at the Centre of the Book in South Africa, which assists self-publishers to acquire basic skills in book publishing, marketing and distribution, and which also provides small grants to groups of write
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rs and would-be publishers to cover printing costs of small prints runs of books that are of interest to specific readerships, but that would not be of interest to commercial publishers." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2508)
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"This book is about the problems and obstacles that African writers still encounter in their attempt to get published. It is an interesting, informed, and well-documented study that combines writers’ own testimony (based on responses to questionnaires) and factual investigation in order to explore
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the problem of the “ordeal” of the African writer. The author deals with some of the issues which confront African writers today, including issues of readership and which language to employ, the question of literacy and audience, and the inadequate number of publishing houses on the continent—as well as other obstacles such as censorship, imprisonment, exile, and worse. Several of the chapters shed new light on the publishing history, and author-publisher relations, of some African writers, both with publishers in the countries in the North as well as with African publishers, and the book includes a chapter on “African Writers and the Quest for Publication”, examining the careers of a number of African writers. An overview of “African Publishers, African Publishing” is provided in chapter four. It includes a discussion of the sometimes not very happy relations between African writers and African publishers, and also looks at the obstacles African publishing houses face, and how they treat their authors. The book concludes with a set of recommendations setting out what Charles Larson believes can be done to improve the plight of the African writer, and particularly the next generation of African writers. He also proposes the establishment of a pan-African publishing house, funded by people and institutions both from Africa and the West, with an unpaid advisory board predominantly from the African continent: “crucial to the entire proposal is the belief that Africans should be in control of the publication of their own writers and that the degree of dependence on the West (both financial and editorial) be determined by Africans themselves." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1349)
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"The idea for this helpful handbook was inspired by two workshops for writers of children’s books held in Tanzania and Uganda in January-February 2000. The workshops were organized by the National Book Development Council of Tanzania and the Book Development Council of Uganda, under the UNESCO/DAN
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IDA Basic Learning Materials Initiative, with the aim of assisting the countries to enliven their publishing industries by promoting local writing and the production of attractive children’s books. The Handbook draws on some of the lessons learned in the Tanzania and Uganda workshops. It does not pretend to provide a detailed and comprehensive guide, but aims to present some basic principles that should be taken into account when writing for children. There is also a useful checklist of ‘dos and don’ts’ for writers of picture story books to make sure nothing vitally important has been left out, and some stories that were written during the workshop for writers are also included." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1582)
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"De l'Idée au texte est une coédition produite par les Editions Alpha à Niamey et la Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung/DSE (qui fait maintenant partie de la GIZ). Elle est la première d'une série prévue dans le cadre d'un programme de formation du personnel des maisons d'éditi
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on publiant en langues africaines. Ce programme est soutenu par la DSE, l'organisation non gouvernementale Associés pour la recherche et l'éducation au développement (ARED) basée au Sénégal, et le Réseau des éditeurs africains. Cet ouvrage utile et très pratique a pour but d'encourager les gens à écrire et à devenir des auteurs publiés. Il traite du processus d'écriture - et de l'identification du motif d'écriture, de ce que le lecteur attend d'un livre et du rôle de l'éditeur dans la production du produit fini - et de la création d'un texte, de l'idée à la publication." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2451)
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"This handbook is not only a very useful reference tool for writers, but also presents something of a benchmark volume on the sensitive and sometimes hotly debated issue of author-publisher relations. The book aims to provide all the answers African writers will want to know about publishing, how to
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break into print, publishing agreements, authors’ rights, and how to find resources. The book contains contributions by many distinguished African authors writing about their experience in getting published and their relations with publishers, and there are also several articles providing the publisher’s perspective. Additionally, the book includes a vast array of practical information on, e.g. book prizes and awards, writers’ organizations, magazines, self-publishing, literary agents, book fairs and book launches, together with an annotated directory of publishers with African literature lists, resources for writers on the Internet, an author’s bookshelf, and more. The book is the outcome of an African Writers-Publishers seminar jointly organized by the African Books Collective and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation held in Arusha, Tanzania, in February 1998. The seminar concluded with a statement issued by participants “Arusha III. A ‘New Deal between African Writers and Publishers”, which is included in the handbook." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2507)
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"This reference guide provides comprehensive information on how the Spanish language is copyedited for publication. The book covers these major areas: language basics: capitalization, word division, spelling, and punctuation; language conventions: abbreviations, professional and personal titles, nam
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es of organizations, and nationalities; bibliographic format, particularly how Spanish differs from English; Spanish language forms of classical authors' names; literary and grammatical terminology; linguistic terminology; biblical names and allusions; a dictionary of grammatical doubts, including usage, grammatical constructions of particular words and phrases, verbal irregularities, and gender variations." (Publisher description)
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"A handbook for aspiring writers in Africa which contains many practical tips and information on the craft of writing, and covers topics such as writer’s block, conflict and tension, discipline, flashbacks, plots and themes, character and dialogue, description and imagery. There are also sections
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on short story writing, the novel and poetry, writing on ‘unsafe issues’, and advice on how to submit work to publishers. Exercises and examples accompany each chapter – some drawn from workshops organized by the author, as well as extracts from the work of published writers – and aim to introduce the reader to a wide range of different styles and works of literature." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2473)
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"A very useful hands-on type of guide for authors, containing many helpful tips and a great deal of practical advice, and also examining the business of publishing from the publisher’s point of view. Part 1 of the book consists of a range of overview articles on the book publishing industry in Sou
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th Africa and the different areas of publishing, including a chapter on publishing in African languages. Part 2 provides advice on how to find the right publisher and describes how a publisher decides what to publish; part 3 sets out how publishing works (including an excellent chapter on publishing contracts and royalty agreements discussing a standard publisher’s contract on a clause-by-clause basis); part 4 gives helpful advice on how to prepare a manuscript, and how to structure a book, read proofs, and prepare an index (where required); and part 5 is a fully annotated directory of South African publishers giving details of each publisher’s list, and pointing authors directly to the publishing house most suitable for his or her type of book. Although intended primarily for authors and writers in South Africa, this guide provides a valuable companion for authors in other parts of the continent. The first edition (1994) also included overviews of different sectors of the book publishing industry in South Africa, with four contributed chapters on “The Afrikaans Market” (Kerneels Breytenbach), “'Alternative Publishing” (Russell Martin), “Educational Publishing” (Kate McCallum), and “Tertiary-level Publishing” (Mike Jacklin)." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2516)
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"Written by one of Nigeria’s most distinguished and most widely published novelists – and for many years now Director of the Nigerian Book Foundation – Chukwuemeka Ike here shares his wide experience as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, using an informal and conversational style. The b
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ook is designed to lend a helping hand to aspiring writers and to assist them to become published. Part 1 of the book is devoted to writing fiction (creating characters, plots, organizing a story, style, etc.), and part 2 deals with non-fiction (articles, essays, book reviews, biography, textbooks, etc.). The final part provides advice how to find a publisher and how to safeguard the author’s interest, and also looks at the prospects for authors contemplating the self-publishing route." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2510)
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"A pioneering volume containing a wealth of practical information and advice for African authors. Describes how to present a manuscript, how to find a publisher, dealing with literary agents, and offering advice about contracts, remuneration, copyright, and writing for the media. Illustrated with so
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me amusing cartoons by Ghanaian artist Ato Delaquis." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2506)
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